2007 Dodge RAM 2500: ball joint or control arm failure

Filed Sep 13, 2022 · Steering · 260,000 miles · GA

The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 MPH and towing a 20-foot trailer with a back yard shed on the trailer, the contact hit a pothole on the highway that caused the steering wheel to turn violently to the left. The contact regained control and guided the vehicle off the roadway. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact drove the vehicle to the dealer who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the front tie rod ends, steering linkage, and power steering module needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The contact researched online and related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 13V528000 (Steering). The failure mileage was approximately 260,000.

Filed Jan 28, 2019 · Steering · FL

Its about ball joint I visit two times the dealer and the technician say don't need replace I see a problem my direccion is vibrating I have a video how its look

Filed Dec 17, 2018 · Body, Electrical · 178,000 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 2500. The contact stated that the copper wiring used in all four doors was faulty, which caused the door locks to malfunction and become unsecured. The vehicle was taken to jones ford wickenburg (555 e wickenburg way, wickenburg, az 85390, (844) 524-1981) where it was diagnosed that the wire harnesses needed to be repaired. In addition, while driving various speeds, a popping noise was heard from the front of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who replaced the upper and lower ball joints, wheel bearings, power steering gear box, pitman arm, and the steering stabilizer brace; however, the failure continued. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 178,000.

Filed Feb 27, 2017 · Steering · 124,331 miles · OR · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 2500. While driving 25-30 MPH, the tie rod failed and the vehicle crashed into a ditch. There were no warning indicators illuminated. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 124,331.

Filed Jun 15, 2016 · Suspension · 57,000 miles · AZ

Experienced severe/uncontrollable "death wobble" after running over pothole on frwy. At 70-75mph. Occurred south of tucson, az. And 6-7 times again on way to dallas after a road imperfections was encountered. Had to keep speed below 65mph and reduced air in front tires to mitigate severity of resulting wobble. Each time the wobble occurred I had to quickly reduce speed to below 30mph to regain control of truck. Dodge dealership in dallas, tx. Determined the upper and lower ball joints in front end were bad and replaced them. The vehicle had less than 57k miles. Cost of ball joint replacement ~$1k.

Filed Mar 22, 2016 · Steering · 210,000 miles · AL

Two years ago, while driving at low speed on a city street, the right tie-rod ball joint broke and the tie rod dropped and wedged into the right front tire. Brought me to an abrupt stop and swerved the truck into the curb. At the time, I was not aware of a recall. I fixed it. Since then, the front transmission blew up. I replaced the whole front end. The right tie-rod broke on the new front end. I fixed it again. The other day, the right wheel bearing seized and the brakes failed. I was travelling at 65 MPH towing a flatbed trailer. Bringing it to a stop provided me with some maalox moments. I've had enough and am getting rid of this truck before it kills me.

Filed Dec 28, 2015 · Steering, Suspension · 74,257 miles · CA

In motion on hwy at 55-60 MPH coming out of a right turn. Right side tires entered a dip in the road and heard a metal bang sound. Truck began to rock from side to side, up and down violently causing loss of steering control while the whole family screams. Braking made it worse. Coasting to below 50 MPH corrected the rocking. Found the electronic sway bar hanging loose below truck. Suspension bracket for sway bar was broken at rear bolt location and bent down. Dealership states left front ball joints need replacing also and may have contributed to loss of control. Dealership said nothing is covered under previous recalls 11v350000 or 13v528000. $3400. Estimate.

Filed Nov 18, 2015 · Steering · 80,000 miles · WY

Driving down the road at 65 MPH pulling and the right tie rod came apart and we headed into oncoming traffic. We were able to pull over without an accident. The dodge dealer told us that the left tie rod in trucks of our same year and model were under recall, but not ours. We had to repair it on our own. The left tie rod is now bad on ours but lucky we were told about it during a tire rotation. Dodge says that our truck isn't covered even though the same year and model trucks are.

Filed Sep 24, 2015 · Steering · 209,519 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 2500. While driving 30 MPH, the passenger side tie rod fractured. The contact swerved to the side of the road and was able to come to a stop. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was awaiting repairs on the driver side tie rod. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 209,519.

Filed Aug 18, 2015 · Steering · 89,000 miles · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge ram 2500. The contact stated that the tie rod fractured without warning. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was repaired under the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v528000 (steering) on four separate occasions. The dealer replaced the tie rod all four times. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred approximately every 20,000 miles. The failure mileage was 89,000.

Filed Jul 28, 2015 · Steering · 27,000 miles · CA

Vehicle went into a severe wobble. Not a shimmy or shake but a wobble to a point that the tires lost contact with blacktop. After numerous trips to dealer and filing complaints with both chrysler and ntsb I found that all was in vain. I was relegated to keeping the vehicle under 55 MPH so driving the freeways in calif was avoided as much as possible. I could not afford another vehicle so I was stuck with the ram. After an incident on a two lane rd around july of 2014 (wobble in a curve found me in the oncoming lane of traffic) I did as much research as possible thus finding that many were experiencing the same problem. There were recalls and bulletins as found out by my local mechanic regarding this very problem. $900.00 and change later the problem was finally fixed. The pitman arm was at the wrong angle which put undo stress on the bushings for tie rod and drag link. This created wear thus loosening the entire steering system. Dodge let this problem persist knowing that the loss of control was a certainty...look at the recalls and bulletins. I don't really care about the buy back I feel I should be reimbursed for the repair..## VIN passed ## dodge ram 2500 4x4 2007 ##...updated 08/06/15 *bf the consumer stated the pitman arm issue was from a bulletin from dodge. The angel on the stock pitman arm needed to be replaced with a pitman arm that was at a different angle. Thus leveling the tie rod and drag link. The consumer's mechanic believed the stress on the bushings of the bad angle of the pitman is what degraded the bushings and loosened the steering system resulting in the wobble. Updated 08/13/15 updated 09/29/15

Filed Jul 27, 2015 · Steering · 96,211 miles · NM

On march 12 we were returning from skiing, driving down the highway at 60 MPH when the left front tie rod broke on our 2007 ram 2500. My husband was able to slow the truck down and pull off to the side of the road. We had the truck towed to the mechanic where the left front tie rod was replaced, as well as the upper and lower ball joints. When dodge had the recall on this part we took the truck in and were told that the recall was only on the replacement parts that had been put on for the broken tie rod and that they would not reimburse us for the cost of fixing the original tie rod that broke. The dodge dealership supposedly changed out the replacement tie rod. My concern with the recall is: if the original tie rod wasn't defective dodge wouldn't be replacing so many replacements. Why were we not reimbursed for the original equipment that was obviously defective?